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High Banks High Street Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UP

26/01169/TCATrees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: 5no. Palm (T2-T6) & 7no. Leylandii (T7-T13) - fell

Received
21 May 2026
Decision due
2 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Southborough And Bidborough
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at High Banks High Street Bidborough Tunbridge Wells Kent TN3 0UP. Tunbridge Wells has handled 811 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Southborough And Bidborough. We hold 1,125 applications in total for the TN3 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Tunbridge Wells Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN3 0UP
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bidborough Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    21 May

    TREES: Yew (T1) - height reduction 2m, prune to secondary growth points, reduce lower branches to provide…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/01168/TPO
  2. 2026
    21 May

    Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: 5no. Palm (T2-T6) & 7no. Leylandii (T7-T13

    This applicationPendingTrees26/01169/TCA

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